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News Article Did you know that Craig Girard truly loves the fight more than the win?
posted: Dec 1st, 2008 "Craig Girard with his 7th gold medal has now become the most successful Formation Skydiving competitor in the history of the sport. He has five gold medals in 8-way and two in 4-way. The NSL News is still working on his profile..." This paragraph was posted by the NSL News during the aftermath of the World Meet 2008 in Maubeuge, France, with the story on 18 August 2008. It still took more than three months until Craig Girard's career story has finally been completed. His NSL Profile has now been posted and offers a look at a unique life, filled much by Formation Skydiving competition. It... (more)
News Article Did you know that Mile High Mayhem and Zero Tolerance Miami fought as hard as in September?
posted: Nov 29th, 2008 NSL-TV has already followed up with all videos of the A Class competition at the NSL Championship 2008, and it is well worth to take a look at these videos, as well. The drama was exactly the same one as in the Rookie Class. Colorado team Mile High Mayhem and Zero Tolerance from Skydive Miami in South Florida battled it out over the whole meet duration of ten rounds and ended up one single point away from each other. The only difference is the fact that both teams collected about two dozens more points and that this exciting race was to be expected, at least to a certain extent. In addition,... (more)
News Article Did you know that NSL-TV features the complete Rookie Class competition?
posted: Nov 28th, 2008 The review of the NSL Championship 2008 begins with the Rookie Class competition this year. The videos of all ten rounds of both teams, Cold Turkey and Carolina Groove, have already been uploaded and can be reviewed on this page from here on. Cold Turkey, with Fraser Feltner (Center Outside), Renee Power (Point), Jim Prochaska (Center Inside), Hal Spence (Tail) and Bill Schmidt on camera, had attended three meets of the Florida Skydiving League 2008, including the NSL Playoffs event, before the NSL Championship. The DeLand team showed consistent progression (8.6 - 10.8 - 12.3) and was considered... (more)
News Article Did you know that Round 1 of the NSL Championship 2008 features the four winning teams?
posted: Nov 26th, 2008 The first round of NSL-TV videos of the NSL Championship 2008 have been uploaded. The sequences of Round 1 are featured by the teams that won the competition in their respective competition classes. Sebastian Tempest shows the AAA Class sequence. The meet began with an interesting combination of blocks that switched the front piece back into the original slots and gave the rear piece memory and a 12-point sequence. (more)
News Article Did you know that BJ Worth has a "License to Thrill"?
posted: Nov 25th, 2008 The NSL News mentioned during the SkyQuest 2008 coverage (21 November 2008) that BJ Worth and Kurt Gaebel had to make a quick trip to Orlando early Friday morning due to an invitation by a local news channel. The live morning show featured the Kaleidoscope Dives organizer and the NSL founder with a "License to Thrill", leaning on BJ Worth's history with James Bond movies. The NSL News had sent press releases to the local media after a successful Thursday for the Kaleidoscope Divers in DeLand, and the FOX News 35 channel reacted quickly with the invitation to the live morning show. The visit... (more)
News Article Did you know that top competitors have provided more event duration input?
posted: Nov 24th, 2008 The NSL News story on 14 November 2008 covered the discussion of the event duration at the World Meet 2008. The article inspired a few active competitors tp provide feedback directly to Fiona McEachern, Australian Chair of IPC's Formation Skydiving Committee. Two of the world's top 4-way competitors commented the NSL News story and sent their valuable input to Australia and the IPC (International Parachuting Commission). Steve Hamilton is a former member of the British national team XL and a 4-way veteran. He placed 3rd with an XL re-union lineup at the World Challenge 2007 (26.1 average) and... (more)